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d;d ariiire, the fleet would by tl:&r a&ivity be paced, bbyond the power of Buonaparte. Captain PARK4II denied that the mice was and it Was only by perseverance that it could.be ed. He deprecated the idea of forseking our an-. cient ally. As an instance of whet might be ac= comelished by perseverance, be noticed the siege of Acre, arid the 'achievement of Sir. Sidney , Smith, who never looked at the gfoomy side of the ques' thin, With respell to the 'loss of blood • and trea sure, what did that Signify if it - imas shed id a good cause ?. It was desirable, . the Hon. Captain thought, to ene,eiveur to retain Spain and I'Ortugal, h e ause ,Ferrol was within 48 hoars'seil of Ireland, b^lt 'On no account was.he disposed to desert an' old triend in distress. . Mr: WEITBREAD was glad to see in 'tie`. iirson of tee . gallant Captiin those proefs of l'eteriiiined spirit and cottage which would render him an ornament to his profession. ,With respeEt, to tie allesibe to the siege. of Acre, it was impossible 'hut that the mind of every thinking man must be impressed with the shortsightedness of human nature; if that re-' sistance to'Buoneparte had not beep imade, perhaps at this rnomept the fate of Europe might. not .hafe been deeded. The Hon, Gentleman (Mr. Jacob) had cotpe,tirward as a witness, and-therefore Must sett:- • jet ..himself crossexamination. He Would - ask him, whether- in those horribie.seenes- he had de scribed, he had been an eye-witness , or whether they' were nut merely stated for the purpose of inflatn-' ing the minds - of the Committee, and the public aga . :Pst the' French ? The country, needed not . such piatvei, it was already inflamed to a sufficient . ' degree. - Such proceedings, however, were not Un c eetrnoti, they 'had been resorted to at the breaking, yak et the war: Instroaions were sent to the Gos pel Tencherspapers were distribieed among them to vend in the pulpit„ tending to excite any thing but. the spirit 'of Christianity.- He therefore had said, :that thee.ouptry, if conquered by Buonamrte, would be worse off than under the, linhecile family which governed it. If that was true, it would be much better to withdraw' the British troops entirely from the Peninsula, • If the,FrencheV.ere driven Out of Gallicia, how came it that, when the Engl , sh troops marched through, the. Spaniards did not held them a helping hand, and that not a . British s.lelier remains in the country ? With respee-t to the eitee dicncy 'of employing these Porteeuese troops, dd Ministers expectto make offeusive operations in Spain ; or was Pot togal •to be the arena to fight for tie liberties of Eur. pe ? The .Right . Honourable Gentleman talked of the benefit of an Austrian war, but he seemed to forget that the situation of Europe was thanged-;-that the new idea-of marriage's and fetes drew the cootiettion with Aueria closer, and =tie it firmer.' 'Whatever ideas of honoor some Gentlemen nii e fit entertain on tee cnbject of allie ances, he (Mr. Whitbread) must recoiled that he' had an engagement of honour to, P erform at ho,me, —that he was bound to !ce that .N;linisters did not . . spend the last shilling of'the country on useles'spro •jeds. The Houtiurable Gentleman cotitendo; that the money was not to bP - obtained to send over 'to Portugal-, and even if it could, • that •it could not he expedient, under the present circumstances of the Continent, to vay it. He depreeatked-The pradice oilisiying a portion of it, 271,0001. without having - first had the consent of Parliameitt. fle.desire'd knew what had become of the rights of the People„_ and the dignity4f the Legislature, it Alinisters were .allowed` to .send money out of the country without the at!thcrity of Parliament ? The Right. lionour- Ole Gentleman {Mr. Villiers) bad talked of secrets, but be knew of none which the country might not be itifOrnied of on the subjeCt of. this levy._ The HonoUrable Gentleman, after some further obser vatioos with reTea to the conduct of the. war, Od dared, ,that in his opinion the , moment of despair is arrived. 'The cause was bopeless,, ,and the only - means ociOvation was by withdrawiog . Our troop's. e then advertcd• to the evidence . of Mr. iluSkisson, ;already noticed by the Honourable Ge.ntleman (p4r. 4ailkes), who had stated,' that it was a imp.ossible to 64am money for the purpose of providing for. our -- army or the- 'Coniinenti. that it would .require 500,9001. to set the airily in Spain on march, sup poSing their - numbers '40,000; and that it would take Somfool. in addition, to provide f u r th em atterivards. This opinion I e had stated td the Clmunneellor of the F,xchequq. 'Mr. 'W. de- , deprecated the idea of pro►raatipg die war in a con- test so hopeless, and concluded With voting (or the , 1 ion of his Right Honourable Friend for reporting pi ogtesS. Mri g ElusKAssorr did not conceive that to watch -the iitrugOe of the Spanish and Poittlguese nations, and it trnmphant alone, to plant our banners with theirs, mould tie either a wise or an honourable policy. Certainly Portn&al was not the place that pirposely select tor the arena oil which to fioll the last batth.s of Europe ; put this was . not the question. The quesi ion u as, whether we were to withoi from his Majesty's Ministers the meadi by which the contest might , be tendered Ipme ine rt ssful iu its termination. The vote of this million 4]id not impose on Ministers the necessity of expend ing it in S!ain or Portugal it gave them m ere ly t h e power 61 doing so, and on them would rest the re tponsibility of..a due exercise of discretton:on tiobjecl. Adverting to the observations made by the Honourable .Gentlearan opposite on his (Mr. 'Hus. itisson's) evidencfs in the Committee, he,observed, that the calculations into which he then entered were founde.d on ,the.suppoiition that our,expendi turti in S i .aiti and Portu6al Would be upon the scale on which it now was. It was unfair to inter fiorn his eviceuce that he 01 not believe stiffitient spespie for this purpose vital nut Wider any circum stances be obtained. He W4i satisfied, that if a raper time were all Owed, and a good price given . , specie. would. mpidly, flaw into 'the country. 'lt appeared, that after the itnexanlpled delay 'of three weeks, in the cousideration of his Majesty's Mes ;age, no tt.trttier• po3tponerrierit - could posilibly be' Tegoisjte.: Mr. W#ITBREAR and Mr. HusKtssoN mutually fxplaitted. Mr. lc.isTuttitsT not only deprecated any. further on this subjea, but tliought that Ministers pught sooner.O.ilave called for the deeisi9n of Par .liarnpt4 upon it. • Whatever ,might be the blame flpe to.oe tot-Ala of the campaign in the Penin §go, it was gngi)&ll tot: 110 to know that at 4 alli nice, with Portugal had been concluded, an 3 that Portugal, in virtue.of that alliance, ,demarided our asiistance. He conceived that it would be highly dishonourable for this country to desert a cause; which he could not, with the 'HouourableGeittle man, _Charatierize as absolutely, hopeless, and be expressed his conviction, that the Portuguese troops, when disci fined and 'commanded by British,Otli cers, would farm a very efficient army. The question being new"loudircalled for, a divi slim took place—for the postponement 142—against it 204—majority 62. The originai'motion was then carried without la. division • and the House. having been resumed, the Report was ordered to be received on Monday. Adjourned at. Three o'clock this morning. - . - MAILS. ARR ZD—I New-York, Oils -4 Gottenburgh, z Dublitt, 3 Waterford. PRICE OF STOCKS Ts Ts DAY AT TWIELVE O'CLOCK. - Consals . - 674 ii TI E S N. SOLEM QUIS D/CERE FALSVEI AUISZAT? L 0 N, .1) 0 N, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1810. This morning we received American Papers to the 30th Of January. Private accounts of 3 later date reached this country some days , ago ; the intelli gence therefore contained in these papers has been in: general anticipated. In the debates upon Mr. MACON'S Bill )for the importation of manufactured , goods in American bottoms, much violent language was used against his country. A Mr. SAWYER recom mended a war with Great Britain in the following terms :—. f " What are .we afraid of ? - Can any change be ;fir the worse ? Why are we afraid ofgoirty v tO war ! shall we not have,to_,borrow money to pay the cnr ! rent -expences of the year ?. We should only lave to do the . -satne ; in War. "Never was there a more. favourable moment for it. By the Treaty of Vienna . 'England .is left . without • a footing on the Conti nent. If we take a. manly and independent ground,, we shall soon compel her , Ministry to respeet our rights.-4re we to wait for bee to' declare war first ? If -we do - , vie may wait' for ever. " She will never .declare -it as long as she can carry it on as she does now .;vithout declaring it. AlthoUgh lam opposed - to a navy, yet I am desirous, when we have one, that its powers shall be exerted. It' we were to sendit to sea, and - make a bold irruption into Canada, we might- producesome effeet, but neverby such mea sures as these." This morning we received Cadiz Papers to. the 24th tilt. The following is the only article of in. telligence they contain . • " CADIZ, FEB. 18.—On the night. of ,the 16th, and during the whole day .of, the 11th; we wereem ployed in construaing,'under, protection of the boats, an advanced battery on the right, in the situation ' called El Salem; which did considerabledamage to . the enemy. The boats and old batteries every. day occasion a continual- los's• to the enemy' of inert and borses.—Aceording •to the last ac counts which may be 'relied on, there are in Puerto Real 3000 French, almOst all infantry, with - six brass pieces 24 Pounders.' They entered on the evening of the 16th by 'the Camino de la Isla; 'without-ar tiller`•. " F-E11:23.—1n the morning Of the 2.t were burnt, by the hands of :the hangman, the .papers.and dis paiches brought by the flag of truce yesterday., If the enemy thinkslo eohquer this city by _procla-ma itions and insidious propositions, the is deceived. It .. is impossible' to corrupt the Governor, or to change the public opinion which is firmly fr,undecl in justice ) , and supported by the"general wish of die people." It was reported this morning that• the Hazard sloop had arrived. with . important dispatches from ihe - West Indies, but, upon inquiry, Welimd, that the report was without (untlatiOn. Yesterday morning the KING, QUEEN, and the 211010ESSES !eta the Queen's Palace for Windsor. The Duke of KENr accompanied the QUEEN on Thursday from, the Dawing-roont, and dined with her and theePttirgoassas, as did the Princess SOPHIA Of GLOUCESTER. They also staid to their MAJES. TlESt_party in the evening; at which was also pre sent the Princess CH ARLOTTE of WALES. A letter W 3.4 yesterday received by the. GOVERNOR of the Bank, from the CHANCELLOR of the Excua quxa, in which he states :—" That in the course of the next week, he intends to apply to Parlianient fo r leave to fund eight millions of Exchequer Bills, bearing date between the 'loth February isog, and 6th March 1 18 t 0." It'is proposed, _that for every sterling, Governmeat shall pay 1031. ss. in Navy 5 per cents. Should the subscriptions meet the whole sum, Mr. P Eacev L engages, that no further addition shall_ be made to the. Navy 5. per cents. d u ring th e present Session. / AMERICAV PAPERS. NEW YORK, I . AIJ. 23. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ST. JAGO DE CUBA, TO A GENTLEMAN IN 1 7 11ILADELYHIA, 1 DAiTED DE- CEMBEIt 30TH, 1809. - ",By An arrival here from Carthagenai we have joist received the agreeable intelligence, . that the momentary revolutibn, which took place at Quito, has been completely done away. It a'ppears s that It was .net a revolt against the eitabliihed Go vernment of Spain, under Ferdinand the Seventh; ~_ but, 'on the contrary, the over zealous Watchful ness of the Spanish Patriots, who, fearing 'an at tempt, from the ; crafty wishes of Napoleon, to seduce the constituted authorities' from their al legiance to their legitimate Sovereign, took upon 1 - . themselves to suspend. their functions, and named as their . Chief the Conde de Cielo Alegre, de claring they would never submit to any foreign yoke,. or recognize any other Sovereigq. than Ferdinand the Seventh, and his lawful successors; However, troops were immediately ordered to march against these infatuated people, from the different Vice-royalties of Peru, New Grenada, and Mexico; and Commissioners were at the same time appoint ed to precede the army, in order to' prevent the effu sion of blood, and persuade the inhabitants of Quito that the object of their rulers was to maintain their indepsndence against all f o rei gn u surpat io n,. an d a firm - determination to remain faithful to their leg!. •timate Monarch, Ferdinand ‘ the Seventh ; upon which the worthy inhabitants - of Quito laid down their arms, embraced their patriotiebrethren, and swore to ibe faithful to the cause of their be loved King, so nobly defended both in the old and new world." • NEW-YORK, JAN. 25. The superior fast-sailing brig Sylph, DANIEL, 110 days from Canton, with teas, silks-, and nankeens; left Sept. 30. Nine sail of .CompanY's ships, a 64, a frigate and a gun brig, were at Chumpee, detained' by the - Chinese until permitted by the Court of Pekin to proceed to Wharnpan. This was in consequence of thernis understariding of the preceding year. The Sylph was boarded by the St. Albans, a 64, and treated politely.-The Ladrones, dissatisfied with .the - Chinese government, are increasing in power, and daily making excursions up the rivers, plundering, burning villages, and massacreing the inhabitants. Their force by sea . , is from 900 - 6 . . - 1000 JUnks, from -3 to 213 guns, and perfectly man ned, and they are amply supplied by ‘lteir abbettors in 'the maritime provinces. All the efforts of the Yiceroy ofeanton to sup press them have proved fruitless,. as the agents - sent for this purpose proved treacherous, aCtirig in con cert With the rebels. The lower order rif - Nlaridariues cannot Be trusted to execute the orders of Govern ment ; such is the wide-spread diSaffe6tion ! Their mode of war is of the most sanguinary kind; the prisoners on both sides are murdered in the most savage manrier. - application had been made by Government, thrutigh , the Security-merchants, to the Americans, for them to drop down the river for a few days,. to. protect the passage from the Bog-Ty'ris to Wham pan ; but this 'request could' not be complied with, as the ,ships were not in a situation to tight their battles. - A number of American seamen, however, volunteered their servit. ( es on board a country skip that Government chartered for a cruize of 15 days, to a& in concert with-a fleet of junks. As soon as. they met the t-netny, the junks .made off, and left the ship to sustain the expeded eon.. Diat alone s but; • the Ladiones sheltered themselves inthe:shcal water. • Previous to thisi(the latter end of Aug.)i ,18 or 20 of the largeSt' Ladrone junks made a formal attack on the, ship Atahutpa, STVRG of Bost:n,- while at anchor 'in Macaw'-rßoads, and iviica part Of Caption 5T17110E35 ‘ ..crew., were on Shorn. The attack was repelled with the utmost bravery icr a length of time, when, taking advantage of a breeze, cut the cables, and ran under the guns .of Inc fort at Macow. The attack was led on by the Admiral's junk, of ,28 I gnus. The . .4tahu/pa had only .six 6-pounders. Her, rigging was much cut, and received many shot in her hull, but none of the crew injured. A short time before they captured a Portuguese brig from Goa to Macow. Two masied, vessels are much more the objects of attack, than, ships. WASHINGTON, JAN. 21..--MACON'S Bill has not yet passed, but it has got to the end of discussion-- - - its late will - p - robably be tried to-Morrow. - I think it will pass into a law in its present form. War is over here- 7 -we are now all for peace. A resolution for war now would not get more than 20 or 25 advocates—a few such very wise men as / SAWYER and Ross might vote for it, but men no wiser than ?ld SMLLL would be decidedly against it. NEW-YORK, JAN. 29.-011 the 25th, in the House of .Representatives, MACON'S Bill was ordered to e engrossed for a third reading, by' a majority of votes. NAVAL NEWq7 PLYMOUTH, MARCHB.—Arrived tf:e 4remera ship...4therica, Master, from Lisbon, laden with sparS and oak timber, and is under qua. 'amine for_hayin had corninunication with the Gleaner ketch, from the Mediterranean, . by whom she is dEtairied:.' . . I Arrived his Mllesty's ship Deance, frOm Qui beron 133 y the American ship Factor, JOHNSTON, from ,Alicant and Gibraltar, laden with bariila, Spanish wOO% silk, and cork, bound to London, put in here . by stress of weather, also for an anchor, cable, and provisions; also arrived the Swedish. ship / Gustavo, F. Eglioz.m, Master, - from St. Übe's '(z2 dais passage) laden wish salt, lemons, and Oratiffes, bound to Gottenburgh, put in here for convoy; and the Philomel sloop of war from a cruise. A sloop of war is just arrived, said to be the Ilatard, from the West Indies. FALMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Arrived - his Majesty's brig Cella, from Portsmouth ; Princess Elizabeth packet, with mails, from America, The Nun- Intercourse At had not passed when the packet left New York. We mentioned on Wednesday, that the Governor of Gibraltar had ordeted,_ all Foreigners to quit that place, in consequence of some arms having been discovered 'concealed in a. house. The following is the Proclamation issued on the subject PROC LA MATE ON. IMON s Printed by RICHA ttp HARRIS , of No,. 4, Mactlett—court, Bow.street ; and Pt:hlisheti by %.‘; 1 L LIAM ARMI . G E SCRIPPS, South helolton t street, GroPvcaor At i !4 §171.1".0ypc.p,..189. 172 4 Srr4od . -*.wLere iitivertiserzerts Order; for the l'oer, Lotel for tilt goof &c (oortioctio) Alias; be Otircsi,e4 • • He.W.Quarters, Gibraltar, Feb. rt, " His Excellency the Commander in Chief here• by orders, that all Genoese, Italians, and other per• sons who are natives of any country tinder the do minion of Prance,'and who have arrived in thissar-. rison since the year 1801, shall immediately quit the Place, unless they shall have a Special Permit of residence from "the Town Major's Office for that pnrpoe. - • _ . "• An exception:is made for the present, in favour Of such are employed in the King's works, or who have licenses to work'as truckmen, porters) or. boatmeti,-all-Of whom will be required to wear dis tinauishing Midges, - which will be furnished .for that • • : purpoe. 7 • "‘'Etild his Excellency the Commander in Chief hereby warm all housekeepers, that it is his intention to bider a rigorous search to be made for all foreigners of every' description who have not permits of resi-t deuce; - and that any who are found so harboured *ill, with such. housekeepers so otlending„ subject theMielves to be tried and punished by a Court., Martial, on Martial 'Law being proclaimed, in this Garrison, which measure his .excellency ~is deter mined to adopt, if it should : be found necessary to enforce obedience to this Proclamation. By Command, • cc R. WRIGH,T, Secrplary." In the Gazette of the I.7th we find'ihe following pal ticulars relative to the destruation Of forts St: Philip and St. Barliara, which the enemy must re build ere .they ca r t, lay a regul , r . siege. to Gibraltar. " The approach of tie - French troops. to..thit , neighbourhood r,-ndering it ab..-9lntely necessary that the forts and line's in toe vicinity of the garrison should be destroyed, to prevent their being oc,,u pied by the enemy, on the et ening of the't 4,th Fe bruary torts St. Philip and Barbara mere blown up: ‘‘ A large party of miners, und,r the-direction of Lieutenant-Colonel; Sir CHARIAS HOLL,OWAY, and the other _Officers of E ng i neer i , were eniployei for some da)s : ttl.sinking mines for that purvose. Every part of the garrison facing tLe *anis!' lines was crowded-with spectators, to .witnes.s the was truly grand and piCturesytie,, 'and. perfeCtly answered the effect which was intend ed; the entire front of both forts, being blown into the ditch,- and the whole rendered a complete traa63. of ruins. " Large parties of the inhabitants why volunteer. ed their services in aid of the military, have also been for several days employed it) levelling the lines `be• ttkeen the forts. " A coitliii!) of the enemy's troops entered Malaga a few days ago. • "On tii6 14th, - 'a body of bet Ween two and three hundred - 01 the enemy approached Aige*as, which waq entered by an Officer and twenty men, who re tired again, carrying off 2000 hard dollars, wits some provisions and tobacco. • A large reinforc mint of troops, under the com•_ mac►dot Ciener,,l STUART, has arrived 'at,Cadiz." - - • A Russian. House which slopped payment yester, day for a few hours duly honoured all its acceptances ,in the evening Laving lode(' io its cash to a much "greater amount than the deinaiids upon it. A disappointment in money Concerns was the cause . of the temporary s.toppage. . Circular letters 114,C been, Gvritten by the Ss... CRETARY at WAR, orcirrtng the Local Militia to be Called out for training exercise for 21 days bet Ween the monthS of April and October next. THE OAAToato,—;We have riot room to do •jui- • tice .- .zo Ole admirable matiherin which this suhliine species, ofq.c..:atertainment was last night brought :Dr- Avard.u4aer iheconduCt of the rl s i.Eys, dt Covent 4 Glirdittiqtkatre. The. seleelion was Chiefly from 2'Yze lifesliuk, and other works of HANDEL. The gr,eat puta.c . tion of the evening was CATALANS, who was received with all the liberality of a British au dience; and all the zeal' of admiration due alter su perior talents. ...She gave a part of " God save the King," " Angels ever &ight," " Holy, holy," and a Scena, in a beautiful and 'impressive style.—..BßA.• HAM never sung with more bkid. The • whole per. formance went off in the best inanner,' and was warmly applauded by a crowded. and elegatit au dittok. • On the 24ttrult. at Aberdeen, Mrs. Captain Russel, of the Royal Navy, or a Son'. On Tuesday ti'e 6th inst. at Little Parke, Hants, the Lady of form Vad,li.,,,ron. Esq. of a Sort. At Btitwell-Hout,e, 4ucits, the Lady of the Hon.'George Irby, ut a Paugnter. TO GORR'ESPONDENTS. %* We regret very much that thetreat length of thePArlia. mentary Debate obliges us postpon e th e valuable Letter of Aaous. I 2~ tj fie, /)11 ci, a s l't ~l re] etel r:Li WI \`l.-\